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Throe, n. Etym: [OE. , , AS. a threatening, oppression, suffering, perhaps influenced by Icel. a throe, a pang, a longing; cf. AS. to suffer.]
1. Extreme pain; violent pang; anguish; agony; especially, one of the pangs of travail in childbirth, or purturition. Prodogious motion felt, and rueful throes. Milton.
2. A tool for splitting wood into shingles; a frow.
Throe, v. i.
Definition: To struggle in extreme pain; to be in agony; to agonize.
Throe, v. t.
Definition: To put in agony. [R.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 June 2024
(adjective) (of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use; “partial paralysis resulted in an atrophied left arm”
“Coffee, the favorite drink of the civilized world.” – Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States